If you’re a fan of any kind of electronic music like Dubstep or Ambient sounds, then you should be interested in the latest doodle that Google has made live today to celebrate Dr. Robert Moog’s 78th birthday. Moog was best known as the inventor of the Moog synthesizer, which was one of the first widely used electronic instruments. He can be directly credited with the birth of the electronic music genre which is thriving and growing today.

Capable of creating and altering electronic sounds, the first Moog synthesizers were modular in nature. As you can see in a screenshot of the doodle posted below, each unit had several specialized modules to create electric voltage signals of different strengths. By combining these different signals at different modulations, the device was able to emit an infinite number of interesting sounds for recording. Interesting to note is that Moog was the first to use actual an actual piano keyboard to make the operation of his devices possible. He felt that by putting a set of recognizable keys on his synthesizers people would be able to accept them as true musical instruments in an easier fashion.

Google is known for its doodles being both functional and inspirational, but this one really takes the cake. The Moog synthesizer that the search giant provides is indeed functional, allowing you to bend and oscillate sounds to your hearts content. It comes with four modules; a mixer, oscillators, filters, and envelope to allow you to create different sounds with a simple click of your mouse. Even more impressive is that on the right hand side of the virtual device is a recorder that will capture your electronic music creations for playback at a later time. We can see a lot of office time being wasted as various would-be electronic music performers create their first demo tapes courtesy of Mountain View.

Go and play with the Google Moog right now, and if you happen to create some music you would like to share, drop the link in the comments for others to take a listen.